screenshots / The Other Conquest / 1999 Carrasco & Domingo Films

Spanish title: La Otra Conquista.

Set during the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire, a scribe named Topiltzin is captured by Cortés and placed in the care of a friar.

Directed by Salvador Carrasco, the film stars Damián Delgado (Topiltzin), José Carlos Rodríguez (Fray Diego de La Coruña), and Iñaki Aierra (Cortés).

When released in Mexico, the film had the biggest opening weekend of any Mexican film in history and was one of the country's top five films.

Filming locations in Mexico include Convento de Acolman, Estado de México and Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park, Guerrer.